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  • As A Young Boy I Wanted To Do Something, And My ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
     | 804 views

    As a young boy I wanted to do something, and my mom said why don’t you play with Greg across the street. I said I don’t want to play with Greg, and I didn’t. Later that day he drowned while swimming with some friends. If only I had played with him he wouldn’t have drowned - I replayed in ...read more

  • President Roosevelt Had A Dog He Thought Was A ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 21, 2006
     | 838 views

    President Roosevelt had a dog he thought was a good fighter, One day while out for a walk, and old mangy dog jumped on the President’s dog and almost killed him. The FBI agents rescued the dog. One the way back to the White House one of the agents said, “Mr. President, I thought that dog was a good ...read more

  • A Friend Was In Front Of Me Coming Out Of Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,404 views

    “A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is ready to shake hands. The Pastor grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside and said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend replied, "I’m already in ...read more

  • The Elusive

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 7, 2007
     | 1,764 views

    The Elusive The rich man in his castle The poor man at his gate They all wanted one thing But for them, it was far too late The Lawyer in his chambers The Maiden in her room Both sought the same gift each time But alas it was nigh pass noon. The prime minister in his parliament The pauper in ...read more

  • If You Haven't Looked At Christ On The Cross, ...

    Contributed by Joseph Daniel on Jan 7, 2007
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    “If you haven’t looked at Christ on the cross, you’ll have to look at Him on the throne – with great trembling. The sacrificial death of Christ will be brought before the eyes of all who refuse to accept His free gift of forgiveness and eternal life. In Bethlehem He came in mercy to forgive sin. ...read more

  • I Did Some Checking This Past Week On The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,258 views

    I did some checking this past week on the history and origins of Christmas and from the on-line encyclopedia, Encarta, I read, “… most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice… Although the Gospels describe ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,238 views

    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

  • Screen Kids- 83% Of Children Under 6 Use "Screen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 783 views

    Screen Kids- 83% of children under 6 use “screen media” for an average of 2 hours in a typical day finds a Kaiser Family Foundation study. Media use increases with age, from 61% of infants younger than 1 to 90% of 4- to 6-year-olds. Parents use media to help them keep their kids occupied, calm them ...read more

  • Blogs Are Increasingly The Way People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,004 views

    Blogs are increasingly the way people communicate. There are some 37 million blogs in the world, with a new one created every second, reports blog track site Technorati. Blogs as a social network, doubles in size every 6 months. It is now 60 times bigger than 3 years ago, with 1.2 million new ...read more

  • On Oct. 3, 1863, The War Between The North And ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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    On Oct. 3, 1863, the war between the North and South raged, and Abraham Lincoln was weary with his anguished responsibility. Despite that he was able to write, ‘’The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, ...read more

  • What Does It Mean To Be A Christian? A Little ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 4, 2007
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    What does it mean to be a Christian? A little boy asked his father that question one day. The Father who had made a profession of faith as a child but had not been active in church since becoming an adult did his best to explain what it mean to be a Christian. After the father finished his ...read more

  • Source: Right To Life League Of Southern ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 12, 2004
    based on 72 ratings
     | 2,431 views

    [Source: Right to Life League of Southern California web site, http://www.rtllsc.org/abortion.html Abortion Facts Did you know that…? …1.2 to 1.4 million abortions are performed in the United States every year? That amounts to 4,000 every day, 3 every minute, 1 every 20 seconds. …the United States ...read more

  • There Once Was A Lady Who Began Coming To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 22, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,128 views

    There once was a lady who began coming to church. She came for weeks all alone to the Sunday morning service. She would come in right as the service began and would be the first one to leave the church because she would rush out during the closing song. One day she decided to stop going to ...read more

  • You Probably Heard About The Guy Who Was Trying ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 4, 2004
    based on 59 ratings
     | 4,953 views

    You probably heard about the guy who was trying to lose weight, but came to the office one day with two dozen donuts. His co-workers asked him why he got donuts if he's trying to diet, and he answered, "Well, as I came to the corner where the donut shop was, I told God that if He wanted me to buy ...read more

  • A Forgetful Husband Thought He Had Conquered ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Gilmore on Jul 7, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,937 views

    • A forgetful husband thought he had conquered the problem of trying to remember his wife’s birthday and their anniversary. He opened an account with a florist, provided him with dates and instructions to send flowers along with an appropriate note signed, "Your loving husband." His wife was ...read more

  • In England About 2 To 3 Miles Off The Coast ...

    Contributed by Shane Rodriguez on Nov 11, 2004
     | 2,628 views

    In England about 2 to 3 miles off the coast there is a place so deep that all the dissolved sewage of London is released there. Each day of the week except Sunday, a ship loaded with garbage goes to the spot and pumps all of the filth of the city into the depth of the sea. the remarkable thing is ...read more

  • A Retired Person Became Interested In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 13, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,317 views

    A retired person became interested in the construction of an addition to a shopping mall. Observing the activity regularly, he was especially impressed by the conscientious operator of a large piece of equipment. The day finally came when he had a chance to tell this man how much he’d enjoyed ...read more

  • Scottish Minister Alexander Whyte Was Known For ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 18, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,813 views

    Scottish minister Alexander Whyte was known for his uplifting prayers in the pulpit. He always found something for which to be grateful. One Sunday morning the weather was so gloomy that one church member thought to himself, “Certainly the preacher won’t think of anything for which to thank the ...read more

  • An Outstanding Concert Violinist Found Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,006 views

    : An outstanding concert violinist found her energies consumed by peripheral matters. The violin received the tail end of her day, or was neglected altogether. Success came when she made the decision to concentrate. “I deliberately planned to neglect everything else,” she said, “until my practice ...read more

  • Once, When Pepper Rodgers Was Coaching Ucla, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,757 views

    Once, when Pepper Rodgers was coaching UCLA, they were having a dismal season. He was being savaged by the news papers. The boosters were trying to run him off. Moving signs were posted in his front yard. He went home one night and told his wife, "When life gets tough, it’s good to know you’ve ...read more